Chashaku 'Takesaji'
Chashaku matcha scoop in a single piece of bamboo, bent at the tip, in a pale bamboo or a dark smoked one.
Chashaku 'Takesaji'
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The short answer
Matcha scoop cut from a single length of bamboo and bent at the tip over heat, with the node left near the bend, in a pale natural bamboo or a dark smoked one. One size.
Fabric & care
The composition is stated in the description and printed on the inner label. Machine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours. Hang to dry. Iron on low, inside out over prints or embroidery.
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What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We name every garment for what it is: a kimono jacket is not a haori, an unlined kimono is not a yukata.
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About this piece
Bamboo matcha scoop, bent at the tip over heat, in pale or dark bamboo
One piece of bamboo, bent at the end. This chashaku is the scoop of the tea ceremony, a thin length of bamboo split from the cane, shaved flat and bent at the tip over heat into a shallow curve, with the node of the cane left just behind the bend as the tradition asks, in a pale natural bamboo or a dark one smoked brown. It measures a serving of matcha, a scoop and a half to a bowl.
It is the simplest object in the shop and one of the oldest shapes in it, and the two colours are the same tool at two ages.
The name, Takesaji, is the bamboo spoon, and the scoop is that, though a tea master would call it by its proper name.
The scoop is a single strip of bamboo, cut so the node falls near the tip, shaved thin, and bent at the end over a flame so the curve holds; the pale version is the bamboo as cut, the dark version is smoked, which is how old scoops look after years of tea. There is no join and no finish, and no two scoops are the same, because no two canes are: the node falls a little differently on each, and the pale ones darken with handling over years until they look like the smoked one.
Use it with a matcha bowl: a scoop and a half of powder, tapped from the tip, then the whisk. Between uses it rests on the rim of the tea caddy or in a fold of cloth. It is also, honestly, a good spoon for spices.
The node is the detail: the ring of the bamboo cane left just behind the bend, which stiffens the tip and marks the scoop as cut from a real cane rather than a sheet. The dark version shows the node as a darker band.
From across a table it is a thin bamboo stick with a bent end. From close the bend shows its curve, the node its ring, and the bamboo its grain. It is the scoop for a person who has the bowl and the whisk and wants the third thing.
Wipe with a dry cloth after use; do not wash it in water, which straightens the bend over time. Keep it dry.
One size, the standard length of a tea-ceremony scoop, about the length of a hand and a half.
Questions about the japanese tableware
What is in the sake set?
A corked flask, a tall jar to warm the flask in hot water, six small cups and a round tray, all in the same speckled stoneware with a blue carp. Fill the jar with hot water, stand the flask in it for a few minutes, and pour for someone else.
How do I make matcha with the set?
A scoop and a half of powder in the bowl, a splash of water just off the boil, and whisk in a fast zigzag until it foams. Rinse the whisk in water only and dry it on its stand, tines down, so they keep their curl.
What are they made of?
The sake set and the tea cup are glazed ceramic; the matcha bowl and stand are stoneware; the whisk and the scoop are bamboo; the bento box is bent wood with wooden cutlery and a printed cloth bag. Each page says which.
Are they made in Japan?
No. They are a Japanese design, made in Asia. We say so on every page.
Can they go in the dishwasher?
The stoneware sake pieces can; the cork cannot. The gold tea cup, the wooden bento box, the bamboo whisk and scoop are hand wash only, and the bamboo is wiped, not soaked.
How big are they?
The sake cups hold two mouthfuls; the tea cup a full cup; the matcha bowl one serving with room to whisk; the bento box a lunch for one. Every piece is photographed at the same scale, so the pages compare.
What we sell, and what we don't
Japanese designs, made in Asia. Cotton, linen or polyester as stated on each piece, never silk. We say so on every page, because the alternative is selling you a word instead of a garment.
On the record
| Piece | Chashaku 'Takesaji' |
|---|---|
| Chapter | 家Home |
| Collection | Japanese Tableware |
| Fabric | Bamboo |
| Made | Japanese design, made in Asia |
| Reference | YONA-0043 |
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